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Related: About this forumFrancis Renews I.D. As Regular Argentine
Pope Francis wants to travel the world as a regular Argentine and not a privileged citizen of the Vatican City microstate, Argentina said on Monday.The head of the Catholic Church and former bishop of Buenos Aires has asked his birth country to renew his passport and identification card, the country's interior and transportation ministry said.
"Francis specifically asked not to enjoy any privileges so his new identification card and passport have been processed through the usual administrative channels," Minister Florencio Randazzo said ...
Francis already holds a passport issued by the Vatican, Randazzo said.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/religion/passport-fit-pope-francis-renews-i-d-regular-argentine-n32551
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)Of course not.
struggle4progress
(118,379 posts)rug
(82,333 posts)trotsky
(49,533 posts)is so incredibly newsworthy as to warrant posting here, but the stance of the leader of Christianity's largest sect on the latest vile piece of anti-homosexual hatred to come out of a largely Catholic/Anglican country isn't.
President Obama, possibly a man almost as busy as Bergoglio, found time to voice his opposition and stand up for human rights.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/16/uganda-anti-gay-law-barack-obama
struggle4progress
(118,379 posts)trotsky
(49,533 posts)struggle4progress
(118,379 posts)trotsky
(49,533 posts)We each have our priorities, I guess. Do let us know how Bergoglio's passport is coming along!
Common Sense Party
(14,139 posts)in about six years.
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